Names of persons Elected to be

inserted in Writ.

59. Voting Papers to be preserved.

60. New Writ in certain cases.

61. Objections to validity of Returns.

62. Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch,
    Lyttelton, and Dunedin, to be deemed
    Towns for purposes of Ordinance.

63. Interpretation.

64. Proclamation to take effect from
    date.

Schedules.
Plans.

Preamble, reciting Provincial Councils Ordinance, Session XI, No. 6.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance enacted by the Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, Session XI., No. 6, intituled “An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of Provincial Legislative Councils and for the Election &c. of Members to serve therein,” it was amongst other things enacted that for each of the provinces into which the Islands of New Zealand then was or might thereafter be divided, there should be a Legislative Council to consist of such number of Members—not less than nine—as the Governor-in-Chief should by Proclamation in that behalf from time to time direct and appoint; and that two-thirds of the Members of every such Council should be elected by the Inhabitants of the Province as hereinafter provided. And that it should be lawful for the Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand until provision should be made by law in that behalf, by Proclamation to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette to constitute within every such Province convenient Electoral Districts, and to make provision for the Registration and Revision of Lists of all persons qualified to vote at the Elections to be holden within such Districts, and for the appointing of Returning Officers, and for the issuing, executing, and returning the necessary Writs for such Elections, and for taking the Poll thereat, and for determining the validity of all disputed Returns, and otherwise for ensuring the orderly, effective, and impartial conduct of such Elections. And by the said recited Ordinance power was given to the Governor-in-Chief by Proclamation to declare certain places to be “Towns” for the purposes of the said Ordinance.

Now THEREFORE, I, the Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand in pursuance and by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the said recited Ordinance, and under and by virtue of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, Do HEREBY PROCLAIM, DECLARE, DIRECT, and APPOINT, that as to and concerning the Province of New Munster as follows—that is to say

Number of Electoral Districts.

1. That the said Province for the purpose of the Election of the Legislative Council thereof shall be divided into Fifteen Electoral Districts to be named as follows:—

WELLINGTON.

1. The Town of Wellington.
2. The Wellington Country.
3. The Hutt.
4. The Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay.
5. The Whanganui and Rangitikei.

NELSON.

1. The Town of Nelson.
2. The Waimea.
3. The Motueka and Massacre Bay.
4. The Wairau.

CANTERBURY.

1. The Town of Christchurch.
2. The Christchurch Country.
3. The Town of Lyttelton.
4. The Akaroa.

OTAGO.

1. The Town of Dunedin.
2. The Dunedin Country,
   the Boundaries of the said Districts being particularly set forth and described in the Schedule A, or delineated on the Maps and Plans respectively hereunto annexed.

Qualification of Electors.

2. Pursuant to the provisions of the said recited Ordinance every man of the age of twenty-one years or upwards and having a Freehold Estate in possession situate within the District for which the vote is to be given of the clear value of Fifty Pounds above all charges and incumbrances and of or to which he has been seized or entitled at Law or in Equity for at least Six Calendar Months next before the last Registration of Electors. Or being a Householder within such district occupying a Tenement within the limits of a Town (to be Proclaimed as such by the Governor-in-Chief for the purposes of the Ordinance) of the clear annual value of Ten Pounds or without the limits of a town of the clear annual value of Five Pounds and having resided therein Six Calendar Months next before such Registration as aforesaid,—

Or having a Leasehold Estate in possession...